Hoosier Headlines for December 22, 2009: Loyola pregame.

Crean puts Hoosiers on alert to avoid loss (The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.)
"We’ll be in for a real fight. I mean if there’s a Lipscomb moment in our spot right now, it’s Loyola," Crean said, referring to last year’s December 74-69 loss to the Bisons.

IU's Hulls making connections (The Indianapolis Star)
"Slowly but surely, freshman Jordan Hulls is working himself into coach Tom Crean's Indiana basketball rotation. And that's just fine for IU fans who cheer the loudest when The Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball from Bloomington South High School enters the game."

Creek lights Indiana's scoring fire(The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN)
"Isn’t this what Eric Gordon used to do, what Calbert Cheaney and Mike Woodson did when they were Indiana freshmen, light up scoreboards wherever they went? Now comes Maurice Creek’s turn, a 6-5 freshman guard taking full advantage of coach Tom Crean’s push-the-pace attack."

IU on letdown alert (Post-Tribune)
"Their record to me means very little when you see that kind of talent and athleticism on the floor," Crean said. "That's not just coach talk for, 'Hey, we've got to get ready to play a big game.' They are talented."